Month: February 2026

A Brief Introduction to Laboratory Management in Concrete Enterprises

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The laboratory is not only the main department for controlling the quality of concrete, but also an important department for technological development and development.

It is also the window for the external image of the enterprise and the core department of the concrete enterprise.

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The concrete enterprise laboratory not only needs to conduct re inspection of the materials used in concrete, but also supervises and controls the quality of concrete production, playing a key role in the development of new products and technologies, cost control, and technical services.

The quality of its personnel, testing equipment, and technical management level represent the level of quality management of ready mixed concrete.

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Five misconceptions about watering and curing concrete

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Watering and curing of concrete is a crucial step in the entire process of concrete construction, which directly affects the adequacy of cement hydration reaction, the normal development of concrete strength, and durability.

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The essence of cement hydration reaction is the complex chemical reaction between cement clinker minerals and water, which needs to be completed in a continuously moist and suitable temperature environment.

Watering and curing are the core means to create necessary conditions for this reaction.

However, in practical engineering practice, due to deviations in the understanding of concrete material characteristics, hydration mechanisms, and maintenance technical specifications by construction personnel, they often fall into various misconceptions about maintenance, resulting in quality hazards such as early cracking, insufficient strength, and decreased durability of concrete.

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Literature Sharing 89: Design of Recycled Concrete Mix Proportion Based on Ensemble Algorithm and Multi Objective Optimization

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Recycled concrete has become a research hotspot in the field of civil engineering due to its ability to achieve the resource utilization of construction waste and reduce carbon emissions.

However, its mix design is affected by multiple factors, and traditional testing methods have problems of high cost and low efficiency.

Today, I would like to share with you a latest study published in Construction and Building Materials.

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This study combines machine learning and genetic algorithms to construct a multi-objective optimization model for recycled concrete mix design, providing efficient and scientific design ideas for the engineering application of recycled concrete.

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The secret that tunnels won’t collapse? Take you through a picture to understand the four martial arts skills of “shotcrete”.

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Dear testers, take a few seconds to say something! Previously, I used multiple download methods to share PPT, but the results were not very satisfactory – especially the Baidu Cloud link, which not only frequently failed, but also had to be transmitted from both the website and cloud storage, adding a lot of extra workload.

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Study on the Influence of Steel Fiber and Basalt Fiber on the Mechanical Properties of Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) with Xuanwu

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Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) was prepared using basalt rock powder, and the effects of steel fiber content (0, 1.

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The results showed that with the increase of steel fiber content, the 28 day flexural strength and compressive strength of the specimens increased; With the increase of basalt fiber content, the 28 day flexural strength of the specimen significantly improves, while the increase in 28 day compressive strength is relatively small; Under the same dosage, the improvement effect of steel fiber on the mechanical properties of UHPC is better than that of basalt fiber.

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C800 concrete: the strongest compressive concrete in the world. How strong is the strongest concrete currently known?!

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【 Introduction 】 The strength grade of concrete directly determines the bearing capacity, safety, and applicable scenarios of buildings.

C800 grade concrete is currently known to have the strongest compressive performance in the world in the laboratory.

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Its performance breaks through conventional knowledge and is the forefront benchmark of concrete material technology.

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The tax policy in the concrete industry has undergone a historic adjustment: bidding farewell to the 3% simple tax calculation and fully

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According to Article 6 of the “Announcement on the Connection of Value added Tax Preferential Policies after the Implementation of the Value added Tax Law” jointly issued by the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation (Announcement No.

10 of 2026 of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation), the domestic value-added tax preferential policies issued before December 31, 2025 will be fully terminated from January 1, 2026.

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